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It’s the weekend sour beer lovers have been waiting for: April Sours are here! We have many incredible beers available both on tap and by the bottle. In addition, we have some really cool $10 Guided Tastings if you want to sample a flight of six sour beers with a beer expert.

• Saturday, April 28th, at 4 p.m. Chris Cuzme (Wandering Star, NYC Homebrewers) will lead a guided tasting about sours beers in the back room; 6 x 2 oz pours of his favorite from our weekend list.
• Sunday, April 29th, at 4 p.m. Joel Shelton from Shelton Brothers Importers will lead a guided tasting of their top sour beers from Anchorage, Jolly Pumpkin, and Cantillon. Meet at communal table by kitchen.

On Monday, don’t forget to get tickets for our amazing All-Duck Sour Beer Dinner. $45 gets you six sour beers that pair well with the family-style, all-duck dinner menu from Guest Chef Brendan Corr. There are still a few tickets left, so don’t miss out on this great beer dinner.

What’s better than this week’s Thursday Tap™ beer, Kelso of Brooklyn’s Recessionator? Combining this great brew with a meet and greet featuring Brewmaster Kelly Taylor. Kelly is a frequent guest, both at Jimmy’s No. 43 beer events and on Beer Sessions Radio™, and he’s sure to have some great intel on the Recessionator and all the amazing beers being made at Kelso.

The Recessionator is a limited release, barrel-aged dopplebock with “a big, bold (taste), plenty of malt, with a warming rum, toffee, and roasted nut nose, with a very light finish.” This 8% ABV brew may never be made again, so now is your chance to get a taste… and meet the brewer! Jimmy taps at 5 p.m.; Kelly will be by around 6 p.m. A great night to sit around an talk craft beer at Jimmy’s No. 43.

It wouldn’t be springtime without sour beer, and this weekend launches the annual April Sours event at Jimmy’s No. 43. In addition to beer seminars on Saturday and Sunday (4/28-29), there will be an all-sour beer $10 Tuesday Tasting on April 31st (yes, we know it’s May, but this year May 1st is part of April sours).

For the ultimate April Sours’ experience, we will have a Prix Fixe family style all-duck dinner on Monday, April 30th, at 7 p.m. (tickets here). Guest chef Brendan Corr (f/o City Bakery, Jim Lahey’s Co.) will make an all-duck, family-style menu with ingredients from Hudson Valley Duck Farm: Smoked duck breast, duck neck terrine, duck confit, etc. This meal will be paired with six of the best sour beers in the world. Beers available throughout the weekend (and through next week) include:

Among the offerings (broken down by country) Jimmy’s No. 43 expects to have either on tap or by bottle will be:

• From Germany—Fritz Briem, Ichtegem, and Bayerischer Bahnhof, plus various Berliner Weisses;
• From Belgium—Hanssens Oud Geueze among other Hanssesns offerings, De Dolle, Tilquin, Gaverhopke, Cantillon, Cuvee Des Jacobins Rouge, and Rodenbach;
• From Canada/Quebec—Dieu du Ciel, Hopfenstark, and other saisons;
• From Switzerland—beers from Brasserie Des Franches Montagnes (BFM);
• From Denmark—Mikkeller;
• From the USA—beers from Blind Bat, Allagash, Jolly Pumpkin, Leelenau, Anchorage, Stillwater  and Cascade, among others TBA

Whether you’re a Lambic fan or your novice palate needs an introduction to these brews, you’re sure to find beers that are interesting, refreshing, traditional and—yes—slightly weird compared with most ales and lagers. Some come on over for some April Sours and get your tart on!

 

Believe it or not, there are places in the USA where you cannot get a drop to drink. These spots are known as “dry” counties. So, what would an industrious individual do if he awoke one morning to find out that the world had gone dry? Filmmakers Jeff Cioletti and Lou Tambone have taken this question to the fictional town of “Brewster,” and come up with a highly irreverent answer: The clever owners of the Abbey Normal Beer Bar exploit a loophole in the law that allows alcohol during religious services… and they turn the local church into a beer hall. What’s funnier than dancing nuns? Drinking nuns, of course!

On Wednesday, April 25th, Jeff and Lou will be premiering their film Beerituality in the back room at Jimmy’s No. 43 (check out a scene, below). If you love beer and love to laugh, this is a great chance to put your two loves together. So grab a beer at join us at 7 p.m. on Wednesday for services at “The Church of Beer.”

This week’s Thursday Tap™ is De La Senne’s Stouterik. Also known as “The Brussels Stout, ” this brew is a 4.5% ABV Belgian stout with Irish inspiration. It is light, dry, and refreshingly bitter. Roasted malts and unmalted roasted barley give layers of dark bitter, chocolatey flavors, and, like all De La Senne beers, this one has a big, hoppy nose.

You know the drill by now. Jimmy taps at 5 p.m. and supplies of this rare keg are while they last. Be sure to get yours!